Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:55:48 -0700 From: Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold <postmaster@paganlibrary.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why use tape for backups? (was: backup method reccommendation?) Message-ID: <99101109013300.03429@gunnar.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910101827110.16508-100000@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910101827110.16508-100000@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
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> On 10 Oct 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: >=20 > > This discussion of backups to tape reminded me that I have always > > wondered, why do some people chose tape as backup solution for deskto= p > > pc's. > >=20 > > It seems to me that it's much cheaper, faster, and more reliable to > > just buy another hard drive and dedicate it for backups. > >=20 > > Is there any reasons tapes are a better choice? Over my monitor is a shelf with 8 tapes on it. If I screw up, the system = screws up, or Mother Nature is having a bad day... I can backtrack two months. I work for a tape drive company and the number of calls we get that are e= ither: "I live in Florida and hurricane so-and-so is on the doorstep" or "Yeah, hard drives make good portable backup - the burglar walked right o= ut the door with it" are unbelievable. Get a removable storage solution. Use it. Remove it. Or lose it. >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Paradigms - you know what they say, "shift happens." -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----=20 Version: 3.12=20 GCS d- s:+ a C++ UB++ P+ L++ E- W++ N++ o K w=20 O- M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5++ X- R tv+ b+++ DI++ D++=20 G e* h-- r- y+=20 ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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